Balanced oar-handle



(No Model.)

B. W. CASE.

BALANCED OAR HANDLE.

No. 359,130. Patented Mar. 8, 1887.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

EVINGTON \V. CASE, OF FENTON, MICHIGAN.

BALANCED OAR-HANDLE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 359,130, dated March 8,1887.

Application filed October 30, 1886. Serial No. 217,551.

To aZZ whom it may concern,-

Be it known that I, EVINGTON W. CASE, a citizen of the United States,and a resident of Fenton, in the county of Genesee and State ofMichigan, have invented certain new and use ful Improvements in BalancedOar-Handles; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full,elear,and exact description of the invention, which will enable othersskilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same,reference being had to the accompanying drawings, which form a part ofthisspecification, and in which 7 Figure 1 is a view of an oar providedwith my improved handle. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal sectional view of thesame, and Fig. 3 is a similar view showing the hollow handle filled toincrease its weight.

Similar numerals of reference indicate corresponding parts in all thefigures.

My invention has relation to that class of devices for balancing theweight of an oar in the oar-lock, in which the counter-balance may beincreased or decreased, according to the weight of the portion of theoar outside of the oarlock; and it consists in the improved constructionand combination of parts of such a device forming a handle for the oar,as here inafter more fully described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, the numeral 1 indicates the car, thehandle end of which is reduced and shouldered, as shown at 2, for thepurpose of receiving the socket 3, formed at the inner end of the hollowhandle 4. This handle is made of metal, preferably cast, and of anelongated egg shape, one end of which is open and expanded to form asocket for the reception of the oar, which is secured therein by meansof a screw or bolt, 5. A neck, 6, is formed between the body of thehandle and the socket, which assists in retaining the contents of thehandle in place.

It will now be seen that the weight of the metallic handle willcounterbalance the weight of the portion of the oar outside theoar-lock, relieving the arms of the weight of the oars in recovering,and the metallic handle will (No model.)

form a smooth and hard handle, which will have a less tendency toblister the hands than the usual wooden handle of an oar. socket fittingupon the tenon or reduced portion of the oar will prevent the oar fromsplitting, and a shorter oar may be used when this handle is employedthan when no handle is employed, inasmuch as the oar adds the length ofthe handle to the length of the oar, making a saving in the cost of oarsfor a boat, inasmuch as ours are usually priced according to theirlength. When the weight of the handle is not sufficient tocounterbalance the weight of the outer portion of the oar, as willhappen with comparatively long oars, the weight of the handle may beincreased by filling the handle with shot or other suitable heavymaterial, the hollow within the handle serving as a receptacle for thisadditional weight, and the contents of the handle may be kept within thesame without any danger of their escaping by the tenoned end of the oarfitting in the socket.

Having thus described my invention, I claim and desire to secure byLetters Patent of the United States 1. A hollow metallic oar-handle theouter end of which is of an elongated egg shape and adapted to containeither shot or other heavy material, and the inner end is formed into asocket and adapted to receive the end of the oar.

2. The combination of an oar having a reduced and shouldered end, ahollowmetallic handle having a socket at its inner end communicatingwith the hollow interior of the handle and fitting upon the reduced endof the oar, secured upon the same by bolts, and a filling of shot orsimilar heavy material, as and for the purpose shown and set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereuntoaifixed my signature in presence of two witnesses.

EVINGTON \V. CASE. lVitnesses:

A. XV. DAVIS, 0. IV. ODELL.

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